Richard Desmond’s dodged levy could have covered much of the council’s coronavirus shortfall, writes Tower Hamlet’s Mayor John Biggs.
Here’s how we can pay for a vital rise in the state pension next year.
While tax-dodgers are handed public funds, councils are being left to sink.
Almost 1,000 public toilets have closed since 2010.
With budgets down, prisons have cut costs and staff experience frequent violence.
The government has continued to cut fire services since Grenfell.
Labour has called on the government to reverse police cuts
One woman attempted suicide after the government slashed her income
Ahead of next week’s budget announcement, Prem Sikka explains all the ways the British economy could be rescued immediately. But will the Tories ever deliver?
As Tower Hamlets ponders over closing its three remaining local authority nurseries, campaigners (and some brave councillors) are fighting to save them. Alena Ivanova writes.
